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Post by Birdofprey on Oct 16, 2017 7:47:37 GMT -5
I woke up this morning with a feeling of deja vu. My final 4 picks are last year’s final 4:
Pickerington North
Dublin Jerome
Olentangy Liberty
Gahanna Lincoln
I think the regional final will be...... Jerome vs Liberty with Jerome moving on to the state final 4.
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Post by hattrick67 on Oct 16, 2017 9:36:50 GMT -5
North, Jerome, Bradley, New Albany. North to final 4
D2: Granville
D3: Grandview
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Post by Birdofprey on Oct 16, 2017 11:11:36 GMT -5
I’ll add Granville and Grandview to my predictions to complete the central region divisions.
Big Walnut v Granville should be a great re-match.
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Post by dinoswatercooler on Oct 16, 2017 11:34:29 GMT -5
Pickerington North over Grove City
Dublin Jerome over Olentangy
Dublin Coffman over Olentangy Liberty
Gahanna over Darby
Granville over Big Walnut
Columbus Academy over Grandview
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Post by ohiosoccer1 on Oct 17, 2017 9:56:09 GMT -5
Pick North over Canal
Jerome over Olentangy
Coffman (who will survive a scare against Orange... PKs?) over Bradley
Gahanna over New Albany
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Post by Birdofprey on Oct 20, 2017 9:56:18 GMT -5
Teams with the best records (W-L-D) over the last 2 seasons:
Pickerington North 33-4-2. 101 points
Gahanna Lincolin 29-2-6. 93 points
Hilliard Darby 25-7-4. 79 points
Dublin Jerome 25-10-4. 79 points
Olentangy Liberty 22-7-6. 76 points
Granville 25-7-4. 79 points
Grandview 26-5-4. 82 points
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Post by ohiosoccer1 on Oct 20, 2017 10:24:05 GMT -5
Interesting!
There are some others up there too, though arguments could be made as to strength of schedule etc... a few that pop to mind and there might be others
Canal - 25-6-4 - 79 pts
New Albany - 23-3-10 - 79 pts
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Post by ohiosoccer1 on Oct 20, 2017 10:27:00 GMT -5
D1 District Semis
Gahanna vs Watterson
Darby vs New Albany
Coffman vs Orange
Liberty vs Bradley
Jerome vs Marysville
Westerville North vs Olentangy
Pick North vs Scioto
Grove City vs Canal
Other than PN vs Scioto - all of these could be very good games!
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Post by Birdofprey on Oct 20, 2017 11:09:24 GMT -5
Thanks. I overlooked Canal and New Albany. I’ve been tracking certain teams for awhile and those two weren’t on my list. PN, GL, OL and Granville have been strong the last 4 years. Of those 4, they have earned 189, 172, 174 and 172 points respectively. The next closest is at 147. I didn’t look up Grandview’s 4 year records.
Since I’m a Gahanna supporter, I added up their clean sheets since Bob McGee took over. 26 of 37 games have been shutouts and the most goals allowed were 2 against Granville this year. No other team has scored more than 1 since McGee arrived. Gahanna has only conceded 12 goals in 37 games or .324 GAA. They’ve played some really good teams along the way. I hope they can keep it going. I didn’t check but I think Gahanna has only conceded 4 of the 12 goals from the run of play. The vast majority of goals allowed have been of the free kick variety. 3 were penalty kicks.
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Post by ohiosoccer1 on Oct 20, 2017 11:18:40 GMT -5
I know Bob, he is a very good coach with the career results to prove it (state title at DeSales in early 2000s if I remember correctly)! That is an impressive defensive display especially considering the difficult schedule Gahanna always has.
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Post by AlwaysInjured14 on Oct 20, 2017 11:31:29 GMT -5
Wow - those are really impressive numbers.
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Post by Birdofprey on Oct 26, 2017 14:57:15 GMT -5
I’m sticking to last year’s district winner’s as this year’s district winners.
Pick North - solid
Jerome - more likely than not
Liberty - toss up
Gahanna - toss up
Granville - toss up
Grandview - toss up
Weather conditions will have an impact. I think the weather will aid the defenses but no evidence to support that. We’ll know the first team to the regional tournament in less than 48 hours.
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Post by ohiosoccer1 on Oct 26, 2017 17:24:16 GMT -5
I'll agree with ya. I think Orange vs Liberty is the most competitive game of the 4.
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Post by AlwaysInjured14 on Oct 27, 2017 8:42:09 GMT -5
I hope Canal gives PN a good game. I think they can. I would also think Olentangy could do OK against Jerome. I like Liberty's chances to knock off Orange this time. Gahanna is tougher for sure.
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Post by thrice on Oct 27, 2017 11:36:00 GMT -5
Gahanna 1-0 for the win again. They know how to get results even if it’s not pretty. **freekick for the win**
Jerome 3-1. Jerome has one of their solid performances and not one like when they played Delaware:(
Pick North 2-0. They will be jammed down Canals throat but due to Hartleys grease lightning field they will struggle with the final ball.
Liberty 2-1. The grizzly has come out of regular season hybernation just in time for the tournament. Should be a fun game to watch.
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